The birth of nobility:constructing aristocracy in England and France : 900-1300
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Published: |
Pearson/Longman,
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Publisher Address: | Harlow, England New York |
Publication Dates: | 2005. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Carrier Form: | xiii, 361 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0582369819 (pbk.) 9780582369818 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | D756 |
CLC: |
D756.561-09 D756.161-09 |
Call Number: | D756.161-09/C952 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-354) and index. Noble conduct -- Reconstructing chivalry -- From preudommie to chevalerie -- Out of the iron age -- Noble descent -- Constructing families -- The power of lineage -- Inventing snobbery -- Noble class -- Historians and noble class -- Historians and noble class -- Medieval people and social division -- The precocity of England -- Noble Lordship -- The Feudal debate -- Power and structures -- Noble women : the view from the stands. |